A New Dawn (rewritten)

[ First Person POV ]

.....My life's fading away....I begin to feel the cold gnawing at me from within....just a few moments before my eyes close for eternity, I see the silhouette of a... woman I guess ?... She opens her mouth to say something, but I don't have the strength to keep my eyelids open anymore....but then I hear in my mind....

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<< The Voice of the World hears you , O' fragment of #$&$&#$#&$##$&$##$ , ############### >>

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Huh? what was that about ? I must be loosing it huh....hearing voices in my head now, my brain still seems to be working....I might have minutes left to live, let's just imagine a scenario where I get another chance at life after death, what would I wish for ? sounds far-fetched I know, but there isn't a whole lot to reminisce about in this life, it was as boring as listening to static, no tune, no rhythm....

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<< Confirmed, creating Ultimate Skill: Rebirth... Success! >> 

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I wish I'd been able to eat anything without putting on weight, think of all the pizza's burgers and ice-cream I could eat!

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<< Confirmed, creating Unique Skill: Gluttony...Success! >>

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I wish to be strong too, ya know? it's only the strong that are truly free and unburdened by societal expectations.....but suddenly becoming strong with my current mindset would be a problem, I might not appreciate it enough and would probably become arrogant....so maybe getting a body that has no limits would be better..... to work on gaining every ounce of strength, will probably keep me grounded huh...

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<< Confirmed, creating Material Body with no limits....Success! >>

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Damn, it's getting colder huh...I guess the end is nearing, life was a pain....

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<< Confirmed, removing perception of pain.....Success! >>

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<< Confirmed, granting resistance to thermal fluctuations.....Success! >>

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I wish to be truly loved by someone, to care for them and have that care reciprocated, never again would I want to come to an empty home, I wish for a partner, we'll take on anything that life throws at us...together.....I wish for her.....she seemed so perfect, our very souls resonated...I hope I get to see her again.... my other half....

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<<ERROR >>

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<<... Standard protocols have been overwritten, Administrator privileges used... I, <strong>Nyx Solis Maximus will accompany you through life and death again, this I swear... Welcome back..... My King... >>

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<< .....Using my authority as the Administrator of the world, I bestow upon you, the true name - Solarius Rex Maximus >>

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<< As the one with the true name Solarius Rex Maximus, you gain skills unique to you >>

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<< Unique Skill : King's Authority >>

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<< Unique Skill : Food Chain >>

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<< Unique Skill : Sun Breathing >>

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<< Unique Skill : Nuclear Fusion Magic >>

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<< Pseudo-Ultimate Skill : Domain of the Sun King >>

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I.... just heard her voice, this angelic....soothing voice can only belong to her....ah are we going to meet again soon ?.... I yearn to meet you...my queen..

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<< Confirmed, commencing world transfer....Success! >>

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[ Earth, 10 years before the fated Double-Dungeon Incident ]

Sung-Il-Hwan, worked as a firefighter, a noble yet risky job where he'd have to be ready for anything and at anytime of the day/night. On one such work day, the fire station received a distress call from a nearby hospital, it turns out that, one of the rooms that had a patient in it, caught on fire! and standard extinguishers aren't able to stop it from spreading, thankfully they seem to have evacuated everyone on the floor.

Il-Hwan immediately called for his team and asked control to dispatch them ASAP, with the permission given, they speed up to the said hospital, prepare the equipment and try opening the window to the room from a safe distance, they've been trained to keep distance when performing such operations as the sudden opening results in more oxygen getting funneled in which will act as fuel for the fire, hence the distance and protective gear.

[ Sung-Il-Hwan POV ]

Once, we've opened the window, the fire bursts out! Thankfully we're fully prepared for such an outcome, now to check for the patients condition, it is sad and tragic..... but there's no way someone survives this...On my way here, I'd heard about the patient in the room, it turns out he's an orphan boy of about 10 years old, by the name Magnus Rex, the same age as Jin-woo, the people at the orphanage found him at their doorstep one day, with a name tag attached to the basket he came in.

As a father, it pains me to know that the child had been abandoned at birth and now that very child is inside a room that's on fire.... How much pain must he be in? Is he even alive at this point ??....I can only pray that we can at least recover his body to be buried, it's the least I can do for him....

I enter the room, with all the protective gear we have, and immediately I feel something different...this fire is unlike any I've seen and felt before, I've extinguished countless fires before, of all types, but this one seems to have a life of its own, I've read that the world is getting weird now-a-days, with all those enhanced beasts roaming about and occasional malfunctions of electrical equipment and so on, but what is this ? It seems....almost magical in nature?!

Enough! this isn't my priority right now, I must look for the child, I spot something on what appears to be the remains of hospital bed, curled up in a fetal position...It's him! the boy I was looking for! he seemed to be unclothed and somehow he's un-burnt ?! such bizarre stuff happens now-a-days, and how am I safe too ? looking at the utter destruction of the hospital bed and the room around me, it's odd that the boy's un-burnt.

Confirming that the fire has no effect on me (for God knows whatever reason), I rush towards where the boy was, he was sleeping like it was just a simple afternoon nap to him.

When I touched his neck to check for a pulse, the fire around me swirls into what looks like a tornado of fire and gets sucked into the boy's body...my brain freezes for a second and reboots..... bizarre I tell ya! I'm a firefighter dammit!.... not some voodoo wizard! I'm too normal for this shit! 

Anyway, I check for a pulse, he seems to be fine, breathing pattern seems alright too, if there's one thing that bothers me, it's that his heart beats pretty strongly and with more thump than normal, it has a slower rhythm too....whatever... I'll attribute it to this mystical phenomenon and leave it at that for now....damn brat... making me worry unnecessarily...sigh...let me wrap him in some heat resistant clothes for now....

Turns out, I'm a bit overprotective of children huh? Maybe as a result of me being a father ? I wonder how Kyung-Hye and my kids are doing ? Jin-woo is 10 already, that little brat doesn't resemble me as a child at all, he's far more serious and responsible for his age than I ever was... good kid.

And Jin-ah is 5 now, my adorable little princess....my little cutie-pie! her cheeks are the softest! they're so squishable....like mochi balls...she seems to love fried chicken too! I see her nose usually twitch in the direction of fried chicken....I once moved a leg in front of her, she followed it with her eyes all the way while drooling...awww...she takes after me soo much...*proud huff*

.....Kyung-hye has been a bit too temperamental lately.....I got whacked in the head for dropping a flippin metal fork on the dinning table! who does that ??...sigh, the troubles of being a good, responsible and hard-working husband..... poor me...tho that's her I guess, we've been married for 11 years now and every time I think of how fortunate I was to find someone so kind and understanding....I feel grateful for all the love we have for each other.....

I finally turn towards the kid in my arms, to get a proper look, as I make my way out of the room through the window and on to the platform that's been raised to the 4th floor, he has silverish-white hair and a faint sun-like tattoo on his forehead, how did I not see this earlier?.... and a cute sleeping face...definitely gonna be a lady killer in the future, that's for sure... white hair isn't that rare in kids now-a-days, there are people with all sorts of hair colors now....again...I attribute all of this to the voodoo nonsense that's been occurring around the world lately, so his hair color and the tattoo aren't weird at all....Oh he's stirring awake...

What the!? he has golden pupils with a weird flower like pattern , he looks up at me and flashes the most childish yet serene smile that I've ever seen... he radiates a sort of warm aura like the...sun on a chilly morning...he soon closes his eyes and falls asleep again.....Damn it brat! you really are a sleeping beauty huh ??

.....Should I adopt him? I feel a sort of connection with the brat, he'd become an older brother for Jin-woo and Jin-ah, maybe he can help Jin-woo loosen up a bit and also dote on Jin-ah like I do! hehehe..... he feels like family...I should consult Kyung-Hye first don't want her going all Asian-mom on me...I mean she is going to be one soon, but.....brrrrrr....I feel a shiver down my spine, let's keep that aside for now.

I hand the boy to a nearby nurse for a checkup in case I missed something and go talk to my team about what happened, should I tell them? I don't think it's wise to do so, the world is still pretty normal even with all those mutated animals around, it hasn't changed a whole lot so me telling them about this, raises concerns on if someone would tell some scientist and take the boy for human-experimentation..yup definitely a bad idea.

So what reason do I come up with? maybe say that I've used one of the latest yet to be full certified products of the research team, that they came up with to combat fires from mysterious causes, it's plausible, I mean the fire happening for no reason at all isn't that big of an issue, stuff like this has been happening lately for some reason, but the fire seemingly having a will of its own and being absorbed into the boy is a big no-no...I'll keep that to myself.

So I tell my team the reason I've come up with and they accept it at face value, because we've been dealing with "similar" cases recently. So no problems here.

Phew, that was nerve-racking, too many weird things have happened lately, first for some reason I feel stronger and I'm able to feel this weird.....magical energy?... like I clearly felt that there was something more to the fire around the boy when I first felt it....stuff like that, I can feel it in the air too, maybe it's all a premonition for what's to come ? I need to be able to protect my family! That is all that matters...no matter what comes, I will protect them!

Just imagining me, my wife and my kids now (I've already made up my mind on adopting the Rex boy.....brrrrr...I just felt a chill down my spine again, Kyung-Hye will agree too I know how she is, after all she's a Tsundere.....hehe) enjoying fried chicken at the dining table...haaaa....such bliss! This is the future I vow to protect!